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First responders are working a vehicle fire along Interstate 10 eastbound near the Highland Road exit.

For the first time in nearly two decades, the district attorney's race in East Baton Rouge Parish will have a challenger to longtime incumbent Hillar Moore.

Wilbert Jones, a man who spent 45 years, 18 months and three days in prison for a crime he did not commit, is now facing the possibility of losing his sight.

Getting ready for the first day of school? See these new changes that are coming to the Iberville Parish School District

What's new for Iberville Parish students this school year IBERVILLE — Teachers and support staff from across Iberville Parish gathered for a professional development conference just days before the start of the school year.

Israel rejects Trump's Gaza plan, more details emerge on the Strait of Hormuz

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🌀 TROPICAL UPDATE - August 9, 2026

Right on schedule, the tropics are beginning to stir. We're tracking three areas of possible development.

1️⃣ The orange blob shows the most promise. A newly-formed area of low pressure south of the Cabo Verde Islands will move west-northwestward this week. Finding a pocket of more suitable conditions for development, there's a chance a tropical depression could form by the end of the week. Lots of time to watch this one... it's not an immediate threat to land at the moment.

2️⃣ A tropical wave located about halfway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles continues to drift west. Development odds are low at this time, and the window for that is pretty short. By the end of the week, the environment will get much more hostile, ending chances of formation (if it hasn't happened).

3️⃣ A system a few hundred miles off the East Coast will track away from land into cooler subtropical waters. It carries a low chance of development with only a brief window to organize.

EBRSO: Elijah Clyde, 24, was arrested for allegedly ra**ng a woman who was too intoxicated to consent following a night of barhopping in the Perkins Road Overpass area.

Man arrested, allegedly r***d woman after night of drinking at Baton Rouge bars A man was arrested for allegedly ra**ng a woman who was too intoxicated to consent following a night of barhopping in the Perkins Road Overpass area.

REPORT: The total number of pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists involved in fatal or severe crashes so far in 2026 is higher than at the same point during the previous year.

'It's more common than you think:' Pedestrian deaths, injuries on the rise in capital region BATON ROUGE — The total number of pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists involved in fatal or severe crashes so far in 2026 year is higher than at the same point during the previous year, data from LSU's Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation Safety shows.

Ten years after the 2016 flood, the city of Central has poured millions of dollars into flood prevention efforts, and Mayor Wade Evans says he is not waiting on the state to keep that work going.

Baton Rouge automobile dealership owner Matt McKay dies at the age of 71.

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